Wednesday, 19 February 2014

…then, when, pouring over forbidden pages…

Anyone who is a
regular visitor to my blog knows that I tend to construct my cards using
layouts sourced from the various challenge sites; I do this because I am not
very good at designing a layout myself.In
this case the layout has come from Sketchy Colors.

I also use
challenges for inspiration in my crafting, which is exactly what I did with this
card.So here’s the run-down of how this
card was built…

I couldn’t pass
up the ABC Challenges’ theme of flowers; I love to use paper flowers on my
cards.Given the sketch I followed the Quirky Crafts’ challenge to pile it up inspired me to literally go upward with my
layers so each one above the blue background has foam squares, sometimes layered
two high, to give depth to this card.I also
used this in constructing my metal embellie which is, itself, seven layers
high.

Corrosive Challenges
are looking for stitching, I’ve never actually stitched on my cards before and I
toyed with using my sewing machine until I remembered the leather cord in my
stash.Given my designer paper includes
printing and books the leather crossed stitches fit with the vintage book motif
echoed in the parchment and quill in the image.

Finally, the
whole theme of my card was inspired by SanDee&amelie’s time machine.For me that is what books are, they can take
you on an incredible journey where you can experience the past through the eyes
of those who lived and died hundreds of years ago and gaze into the future as
imagined by others.I wanted to
construct an embellie time machine but didn’t have the pieces in my stash that
worked together so instead I settled for a key to a time machine, a Steampunk
one of course complete with wings!